“Smartmatic disqualified by Comelec due to 2016 voting irregularities”
What FactRakers found
The Commission on Elections cited conspiracy in bribery and corruption as reason for disqualifying automated elections system (AES) provider Smartmatic on Nov. 29 from future Philippine elections, not voter return irregularities in the 2016 and 2022 elections
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Larry Gadon (Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation) made this claim around 29 November 2023. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 4 December 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Larry Gadon has 17 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactRakers, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.